I have a real problem with Dirt!

Hi Don, have you tried your local garden centre?

You might have to come back to the mainland... I have ample dirt here in Michigan but shipping it your way may be to expensive.

Have you tried kids sandbox sand?

How about aquarium sand from the pet store?  Many colors to choose from.

Poor, poor Don!  Can't find the right color of dirt on Maui.  I sure wish I had problems like that (and from the same locale)! 

Aloha nui loa, my friend! 

I can shake my cat, who loves to roll around in the dirt, over a hunk of plastic wrap and mail it to you if you like.  How many shakes you need? 

Pete

Trust me, have a few (or more) Mai Tia's and it won't matter what color dirt you find.  You have plenty of sand......dye it.

Steve, Lady and Tex

Get some dirt-colored latex paint and use that as a base. Even if you sift the red-colored local dirt over that while it's wet you'll have a brown base showing through some of it.

Well green and red make brown.  Got any green dirt?

How about Volcanic dirt.

Scenic Express sales dirt in a shaker you can buy, nice and brown.

Don,

 I can't find any dirt either, its been buried under snow since Dec. 

Art

You can use paint powder to change the color of your dirt.. yellow and/or white added to the dirt will lighten it up a lot. Unless of course it's bright red, then you'll end up with pink dirt.

I have buckets full of Southern California dirt road dirt that I sift down to 3 different sizes. I'd be willing to ship you some to check out, for the price of shipping. Not sure if I can Priority Mail to Hawaii or not, but I will if I can.

I'll take you up on that. I just got back from looking for another place to find dirt but came up empty. If you don't mind just put it in a small "if it fits, it ships". Just let me know how much. USPS ships in three days. Thanks Don

SCENIC EXPRESS #EX889B EARTH BLEND IS A DARN GOOD STARTING POINT!

Hey, there's plenty of it on the nightly gnus!  Do they beam that to Maui?

J Daddy mentioned Michigan dirt.  Same as mine.  I don't know which part of Michigan he's from , but mine is under a few inches to a few feet of crystalline water ice.  And, if the 30 mph winds today blow that all away, you'd still need a jackhammer to get chunks of doit loosened for thawing before pulverizing, grinding, sifting.

Now, really, you just posted this to make us all feel bad that our -10 degree winds aren't warm and scented with plumeria blossoms.  Right, Don?

KD

You guys don't know the hardships we go through out here in the middle of the Pacific. No 

Mai Tais tell 5:00 pm (west coast time of course), having to dodge whales while in your kayak. Jumping out of the way from falling coconuts. Freezing in 76 degree weather. Oh the humanity of it all. Took this last week trying to get to town on the kayak because we were running low on Chardonnay. Don

Don:  I think you need a week's vacation in Minnesota to "get your mind right".

Don, I'll get that out by tomorrow afternoon, USPS small flat rate priority box.

Thanks so much L.O.S. Don

Do they allow you to ship organic stuff like dirt to Hawaii?

Clifford, I bought bags of it thinking I would need it here. It's just a little too yellow for me. I'm using it in the background. KD, you guys have had it bad enough without me kidding you about it. I'm really having a hard time finding good dirt. Everything is either red or black. Sand is about the right color but it's, well sand and it looks like it. We had wonderful powdered dirt under our last house. Wish I would have thought to bring it. And last but not least, Allan you have a package coming. Don

What I used was coffee which I was quite pleased with to represent dirt.

Don, got a small bag o dirt boxed up for ya. Sent ya an email as I just need your address.

Don, on Maui, up in the hill country where the ranches and winery is, check that area out.  I believe when I took a hike near the winery the dirt road was brown.  They might bring in dirt or over years good soil was formed.  Any way just a thought.

Steve, Lady and Tex

Course grout comes in just about any color you want. 

ROFL!!   Alan you took the words right out of my mouth!!   I'll trade you my 4-1/2 acres of #1 quality New Jersey dirt.. If I could just have your place in Mau!!

Steve that's a great thought. Only trouble it's about a hour drive from the west side. We were over that way on the back road to Hana about a year and a half ago. It seems there was light brown dirt on the road. I'll have to figure an excuse to take a drive over there. Don

The road to Hana, now that is a fun drive.

John, I'd gladly send you a ticket but I don't have your address. Don

Hey Don,

Don't worry...I can ship you some real railroad dirt from the old Bayshore Yard location.  It'll be quality Southern Pacific dirt.  Matt

Matt, southern what dirt. You know SP dirt will never touch Milwaukee. Don

That's a dirty little problem you have there in Muai. How about using the lava rock we pay so dearly for in CONUS. From what I've seen on TV, cool lava over there is black.

Hey! Instant coffee should work, and it doesn't need sifting. How about some rust. Leave your car on the beach for a few months and there will be plenty of brown rust to be had. Grind up some palm tree bark, or maybe a grass skirt or two.

"The road to Hana"....now that was absolutely the best helicopter ride I have ever taken.  Almost as bad as the Skyline Drive.  Neither would be bad if they were about a half mile long.

Can you just imagine the looks on the faces of the Agricultural Customs @ the USPO with incoming soil from this forum!!  I tried to bring home some sand and got pulled aside.

Great video Don.  Where were you?

Don

I sell Natural Earth.

I know the ancient Hawaiian belief about angering the goddess Pele if you remove

anything from her domain, but what if you bring in earth from the mainland???

     Hoppy

HI, last I heard, is a state of the USA.  PM there should not be a problem!

What do you guys use to sift the dirt?  I plan to use good old Michigan dirt on my layout this summer when I start the scenery and was wondering what you use to sift it?  

Also do your bake your dirt?  Anyone use their dirt un-baked?  I guess I could do this when the wife is away but I know she would be really ****ed if I put dirt in the oven.